It’s time to meet our newest Kid Captains! This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Kid Captain program, which started as a partnership between UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital and the Iowa Hawkeyes to honor pediatric patients.

On Aug. 30, 2017, life changed for Ryan Manahl when his 3-year-old son, Tate, was accidentally run over with a lawnmower. “I tried to keep him calm but I kept thinking the worst: ‘Is this really it? Is my son going to die in my arms right now and he hasn’t even started to live his life?’”

The Java House has done a great job in UI Hospitals & Clinics over the years, and we’re glad they will continue to operate in PBDB. But after a fair and open Request for Proposal process, a new coffee partner has been chosen for the four hospitals locations. We can’t share that news yet. Stay tuned!

Suresh Gunasekaran, MBA, currently the chief operations officer for the University of Texas Southwestern Health System in Dallas, Texas, has been selected to become the new associate vice president of UI Health Care and chief executive officer of UI Hospitals & Clinics, pending approval by the Board of Regents, State of Iowa. He will begin at Iowa Nov. 15, 2018.

The emotions are high, and the wait is over! A preview of the results for our fourth-year medical student: 45 percent chose primary care specialties; 36 students will remain in Iowa for their first year of postgraduate training; and 28 of these 36 will train at UI Hospitals & Clinics. Congratulations!

1. Bread Garden announcements

We are pleased and excited to announce the selection of Bread Garden Market, a locally owned business, as our new vendor that will operate four kiosk locations at UI Hospitals & Clinics, beginning Thursday, Nov. 1.

Please help us welcome Bread Garden Café to UI Hospitals & Clinics in November! We are excited to have high quality, homemade food and beverages from Bread Garden’s local downtown Iowa City location available at four locations throughout UI Hospitals & Clinics.

Date appeared: Friday, Oct. 26

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